Platform end sill



W. VOSS.

PLATFDRM END SILL. APPLICATION FILED IuIIE 25, 1920.

Patentad Aug. 23, 1921.

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WILLIAM VOSS, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR ANI)FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PLATFORM END SILL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed .Tune 25, 1920. Serial No. 391,596.

To all whom il' may concern.:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM Voss, residing at lllilmington, Newastlecounty, Delaware, and being a citizen of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Platform End Sill, ofwhich the following is a 'ull, clear; and exact description, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make andto use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, whichillustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the exact details ofconstruction shown and described, as it is obvious that variousmodifications thereof within the scope of the claims will occur topersons skilled in the art.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a planview showing my im proved platform end applied to acar;

Fig. 2 is a view` partly in plan and partly in section of the butlercasting that is applied to my improved end;

Figs. 3 and l are sections through the bufier casting taken on the lines3 3 and L-; respectively, of Fig. 2;

Fig. is a view showing, in elevation, the casting that limits theforward movement or' the buil'er apparatus;

Fig. 6 is a view, partly in plan and partly in section, of the endpieces carried by the end sill; and

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of F ig. G through an end piece.

It is the object or my invention to provide an improved end constructionfor the platforms of passenger cars and my invention comprises achannel-shaped member l hav- Lng its central portion bent inwardlytoward the car body as shown in F ig. 1, so as to form a seat for abuffer casting 2 provided with openings for the buffer stems 3 attachedto the buffer 13. Bolts t secure the butler casting 2 to its seat on thechannel member 1.

` The center sills and intermediate sills G of the car underframe arejoined to the channel member 1 by angle pieces 7, the angle pieces 7being omitted from the draw ing at theintermediate sills. Joining eachcenter sill 5 to the adjacent intermediate sill (i is a member 8 whichcarries the end of the buffer stem 3 and against which the spring on thebuffer stem engages.

`At each end of the member 1 there is provided an end casting 9, rivetedto the member 1, that linishes oil' the ends of the member 1 and servesto join the member 1 to the channel-shaped member 10 which extends fromthe end casting toward the center sills and with the channel-shapedmember 11 forms and finishes olf the step opening. A cover plate 12extends from end to end oi the end sill and is riveted to the channelmembers 1, l() and 11 and the sills 5 and 6.

Secured to the cover plate 12 and to both center sills 5 is a casting141 that serves as a stop to limit the forward movement oi the bufferapparatus. Railing post bases 15 are secured to the channel member 1 andovern hang railing post bases 16 are secured to the channel member 1 andbuffer casting 2.

lVliat I claim is:

1. A channel shaped end sill bent inwardly at its center, a bufercasting iitted to said bent portion and end castings carried by saidsill.

2. A channel shaped end sill bent inwardly at its center, a butlercasting seated in said bent portion, an end casting carried by said silland members framing the step opening and secured to said end casting andend sill.

3. An end sill having a central portion bent inwardly toward the carbody, a buil'er casting seated on said bent portion, end castingscarried by said sill, channel members framing the step opening andsecured to said end castings and end sill and a cover plate secured tosaid channel membersand said end sill.

4. An end sill having a central portion bent inwardly toward the carbody, a butler casting seated on said bent portion and railing postbases carried by said butler ncasting and said end sill.

An end sill comprising a rolled section having its web bent inwardly atthe center to form a seat for a briller casting, said seat havingportions lying in intersecting planes different from the planes or' theadjacent end portions and a buffer casting fitted to said seat.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoWitnesses.

WILLIAM VOSS.

Witnesses:

Il. W. SMITH, J osnrHrNn LIITCHELL.

